REQUIREMENTS TO RELICENSE...

1. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: You have been a licensed mentor or referee coach in 2025, 2024, or 2023.  (If your license is more than 3 years expired, start at First Time Mentor here. You will be required to upload vidoes showing your experience doing a debrief with a referee crew, leading a field session, and completing a classroom based video analysis. If you do not have these, record your next session and upload it with your relicensing.

2. RECOMMENDATION: You must still have the recommendation of the SDA/SDI to register as any type of mentor.

3. COST: 

   • • • $32.50 for mentor and mentor+

       • $37.50 for referee coach

       • Fees to upgrade to referee coach depend on the state where it is offered and can be several hundred dollars (see the SDA for information)

       • You will be charged $22 extra for a background check to US Soccer every 2 years ($150 if you have lived internationally). Idaho will keep its cost for mentors very low as you serve the game and change the future.

STEPS TO RELICENSE OR UPGRADE...

4. ONLINE CLASS: You must complete US Soccer's online course for which you have been approved and complete. it 72 hours before your zoom session.:

   • • • Returning Mentor

       • Upgrade to Mentor+

       • Returning Referee Coach

5. ZOOM CLASS: Attend the mandatory Referee Mentor and Referee Coach combined zoom course on a date this winter.

6. LICENSE: After you have completed 100% of the online work and the zoom session, you will receive an email with your license. Your license is valid for a calendar year (January-December), then you must relicense each year. We begin re-licensing in July each year and mentors should be among the first to re-license

7. MENTORING ASSIGNMENTS: Mentors will be assigned by the SDI/SDA to mentor anywhere in the state. Your participation in state-wide mentoring events (which change location each year) is expected to return for re-licensing the next year. 

8. NEXT STEP: If you believe you are ready to upgrade from Referee Mentor, to Referee Mentor+, to Referee Coach, stop this process and discuss with the SDI/SDA before continuing.